Metallic tie.



PATBN'IED SEPT. 19, 1905.

C. A. PRYE. METALLIC TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

METALLIC TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed March 27. 1905. Serial No. 252,190.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FRYE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Monongahela, in the county ofWashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Me tallic Ties, of which the following is a specifh cation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallic ties and railfasteners; and the invention has for its object to provide a novel form of tie to which rails can be secured whereby they cannot spread or become separated during the passage of rolling-stock over the same.

The invention aims to provide a metallic tie a portion of which has a corrugated or fluted lower face adapted to engage the ballast of a road-bed and prevent the ties and rails from slipping or becoming displaced. The tie also serves as a cushioning-plate that will compensate for the jar caused by heavy loads passing over the rails or the jar occasioned by the acceleration of the rolling-stock. The novel form of rail-fastener which I employ in connection with the tie also serves as a railjoint that can be conveniently used in connection with the tie, and in the construction of the rail-fastener and rail-joint allowance is made for the expansion and contraction of the rails due to the changes in temperature. Throughout the entire construction I have constructed the same upon simple lines, yet maintain a strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive article to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the'several views, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved metallic tie, illustrating two rails secured thereon by my improved rail-fastener. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the metallic tie as illustrated in Fig. 1, partly in vertical section. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line w m of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line y 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a top plan View of my improved metallic tie, illustrating a modified form of rail-fastener and rail-support. Fig. 6 is a side elevation view of the same, partly in section. Fig. 7 is a side elevation view of a metallic tie constructed foruse in connection with a third-rail system or for use in connection with switches where it is desired to support two or more rails, and in this view I have illustrated the modified form of rail fastener and support such as illustrated in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view of a modified form of rail-support.

In the accompanying drawings reference will first be had to Figs. 1 to A, inclusive, wherein I have illustrated the preferred manner of constructing my improved metallic tie and rail-fastener. The reference-numeral 1 designates the metallic tie in its entirety, and the tie is preferably formed of channel-iron and stamped or bent to provide countersunk portions or recesses 2 2 adjacent to each end of the tie. The bottom surface of the tie 1 :between the recesses 2 2 is cut away, as indicated at 3, to lighten the weight of the tie, also to provide means whereby the ballast of a road-bed will be facilitated in gripping and engaging the under surface of the tie. To further aid the ballast in gripping the tie, I have provided the under surface of the ends of the tie with corrugated or fluted surfaces 4 4.

The tie upon each side of the recesses 2 2 is provided with vertically-disposed apertures 5 5, and in these apertures are secured substantially T-shaped pins 6, employed for locking the rail-supports within the recesses 2 2. The rail-supports consist of a box-like structure 7, having tapering walls, and in each box is mounted a cushioning-plate, of wood or the like material, adapted to support and cushion the rails 8 8. The box-like structure 7 carries extending arms 9 9, each arm being cut away, as indicated at 10, to lighten the construction of the rail-supports and at the same time provide means for engagement of tools when it is desired to shift or in any wise move the ties after the rails have been secured to the same. The arms are provided with transverse flanges 11 11, and adjacent to each flange are provided apertures 12 12, through which passes my improved rail-fastener, which will be presently described. The arms have their under faces cut away, as indicated at 14 14:, to lighten the construction of the arms and are also provided with apertures 15 15, which are adapted to aline with the apertures 5 5 of the tie, whereby the pin 6 can be placed therein to retain the arms 9 9 upon the tie. The

T-shaped heads 16 of the pins 6 engage the under faces of the tie and prevent the pins from passing upwardly through the tier To secure the upper ends'of the pins, I provide apertures 17, that are transversely arranged within the upper ends of the pins, and through these apertures'keys 18 are passed,- adaptedto: retain the arms 9 9 upon thetie...

Reference will now be had to the rail-fastening feature of my invention, and byreferring to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that 22, through'which a key23 is adapted to pass to retain the rail-fasteners in engagement with the arms 9 9; To prevent anylateral movement of the rail-fasteners upon the arms 9 9,

I have provided the top surface of the arms adjacent to the apertures 12 withgrooves 2e 24:, and in said grooves are adapted to engage the depending ribs 25 25 of the fish-plates-19';

In Figs. 5 and=6 of the drawings I have IillISr' trated a slight modification in the construc-' tionof 'myimproved device and more par..-

ticularly the rail-fastening means. Byreferring to said figures itwillbe observed that I have dispensed with the fish-plates 19 and their appurtenant parts and have simply spikedthe rails 8 8 to the-wooden cushioning-blocks -26 26, the remainder of this construction being,

identical to that illustrated and described inv connection with Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, of the drawings. v

In Fig.7 of the drawings I have illustrated myimproved metallic tie asbeing constructed applicable to third-rail systems or usein con:

nection with switches where it is necessary that a third rail or guard-rail be maintained" Iii-this construction I have provided the tie .with'an. auxiliary or central recess 27,'in which is'lf mounted a rail support similar tothathere-r in connection with the main rails.

tofore described in connection with Figs. 1 to 4: of the drawings. It will be observed that the outwardly-extending arms 28'. 28"ot the rail support 29 are secured upon the sides of supports to the tie.

In .Fig. 8 of the drawings I have illustrated a modified form of rail-supportadapted to be used when it is found essentialfito mount them securing-keys transversely of the rail-sections,

this often being ,necessarywherethe longit'us.

dinal stresses and strains upon the rail-sections are conslderable and mayhave a tendency to loosen the securing-keys if they were mounted parallel with. the rail-sections, as-illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings comprises Each'lug is pro-. vided with a transversely-disposed. aperture The rail-"supportv a substantially inverted-U-shaped bridge or strap- .34, ithetop of which, ,-is; provided with apertures 35, adapted to receive vertically-disposed :pins 36 36, which are employed for retaining a rail-section upon the support. The lower endssof, these pins are provided with apertures, as indicated at 37 37 alining with apertures 38 38, formed in the sides of the railsupport, and through said apertures a transversely-disposed key 39: extends and is securedvwithin the rail-support by a split key 40." The endsof the rail-support are bent outwardly, as indicated at 41, at right angles to thecbridge or strap 34:, and the-under faces ofthe ends'are fluted, as indicated at 42. WVhen this rail-support is'used in connection with my improved ties, the top surface of the tie upon which the rail-supportsjare' adapted to rest is corrugated R043 to engagethe fluted surface of "the rail-support and prevent any lateral movementxof the support'upon the ties. To insure a positive engagement of the rail-supportswiththe tie, I employ pins 44: and keys 45, similar "to the pins 6 and the keys 18."

By referring to Figs. 2,.6, and 7"it will beobserved that the box structures comprising the rail'supportsare provided with a plurality of. apertures:4:6 to allow for the expansion and contractiongof the blocksretained within the rail-'supportszand also; to reduce the weight ofeach'supportz" Fromthe foregoing description taken in con nection with the drawings it is apparent that Ihave designed a tie adapted to. remain permanentin a road-bed without shifting after it has beenonce placed in position. The cor rugated or flutedsurfacel of the tie causes the tie to engage the ,ballastof a road-bed, and the construction of the same permits of easy and effective tampingito'form a'permanent founda'tion'fo'r the tie.

The manner in which I secure the rails to the tie dispenses-with the use of nuts and bolts,

. justment'of'ithe key or by-insertinga small the recess 2'1 with the inwardly-extendingarms 3O 30 of the rail-supports 31 and 32, :the .pins: 33 33 serving to secure the armsof the rail-j? by Leta corrugated surface, said tie having recesses formed therein, rail-supports consisting of box-like structures, blocks mounted in said structures, outwardly-extending arms carried bysaid structures, fish-plates supported by said structures and adapted to engage rails mounted upon said blocks, depending lugs carried by said fish-plates, keys passing through said lugs, headed pins passing through said arms and said ties, and keys passing through said pins, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a metallic tie having a corrugated, or fluted surface, said tie having recesses formed therein, adjacent to its ends, box-like structures mounted in said recesses and adapted to support rails, fish-plates mounted upon said box-like structures and adapted to embrace said rails, means for securing said box-like structures to said tie, and means for securing said fish-plates to said box-like structures, substantially as described.

- 3. The combination with a metallic tie hav- CHARLES A. FRYE.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HEITZ, GEO. B. DORRICK. 

